MANY would question what the problem is with being talented at just about every sport you play, but for Queanbeyan teenager Trent Britton, choices loom in the coming years as to which path to follow.
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The 15-year old half brother of Canberra Raiders star Terry Campese and nephew of Wallabies legend David Campese is eyeing a career in golf, and already at handicap three and playing in men's competitions, he believes he has a future making money down that avenue.
But after taking an eight month break from lawn bowls, he represented the ACT under 18s side at the Darwin championships between September 29 and October 2, and has represented that side since he was just 11 years of age- the youngest in the ACT's history.
He also claimed a gold medal at the 2012 national championships in Launceston two years ago.
The prodigy has also played Australian Rules for the Queanbeyan Tigers, and has played rugby league, OzTag, touch football and cricket in school competitions.
With options just about left, right and centre on his table, he said whatever the future had in store for him, he would do nothing but sport in his professional career.
"I definitely want to do sport. There is nothing else at the moment that really interests me," Britton said.
"I just need to keep playing well in everything, and hopefully selectors will keep picking me in their teams."
Being still high school aged and already having won prize money in both lawn bowls and golf competition, Britton said he had an advantage over other young athletes looking at careers in similar sports.
"I think I have a lot more experience playing in tournaments now, and I've been under the eyes of various professional coaches as well," he said.
He practices golf at the Queanbeyan Golf Club most days of the week under the tuition of coach Matt Rainsford, and plays in the Jack Newton Golf Foundation competition which takes him to golf clubs across NSW.
He also plays A-grade golf in stroke competition at the Queanbeyan Golf Club on weekends, after he took out the C-grade singles championship last year, and is working hard to make the ACT under 18s representative side.
With the Queanbeyan Bowling Club having been closed recently, he has played most of his local lawn bowls socially at the Yowani and Norths bowling clubs in Canberra, and has also played at the RSL club in Queanbeyan.
But while he has an extreme passion for both sports, he light-heartedly admitted golf was better for his bank account.
"I couldn't make a full time living in lawn bowls," he said.